This morning we crossed The Rainbow Bridge back into Canada after arriving in New York yesterday. We decided to go back across the border because we had originally booked this tour for last Friday. When we cancelled because it was over two hours away, the guide contacted me to offer us $10 off for each ticket if we rebooked. So, of course we did for today. The only change was it was an earlier tour at 8:30 a.m. from the original of 9:30 a.m. I’m glad we did the earlier tour because it was getting pretty warm, well hot by the time we were done.
We met our tour group and began the walk to see the Falls. There are three falls at Niagara. I personally believe that the view from the Canadian side is much better than from the American side. We could see the full view of the American Falls and both Canadian Falls.
The Canada side has a “Go Behind the Falls” Tour. We were taken by elevators to a tunnel that allowed us to go behind the falls and hear the power of the water. We were also able to go out on a viewing platform that gave us a close up view of the falls in the middle picture above. We were getting wet from the start of the tour because of the mist from the water, as you can tell by hair. Turn on your sound to hear the water in the video below.
Then it was time to get on the boat. We decided to ride on top and I can honestly say it felt like being in a hurricane. The water just kept coming. I couldn’t take it anymore after we stayed in the area by the farthest falls and went below. Tom stayed for the full effect. I did get a few pictures and here’s one of us after the water got us. I think I got wetter than Tom.
Afterwards we enjoyed a lovely lunch at “The Secret Garden” with a 10% coupon from our tour company. What an amazing morning!
Our guide, Dave, was an amazing storyteller and he told us a story about the Miracle of Niagara Falls. Here’s a link if you want to read about it. http://www.infoniagara.com/history/rogerwoodward_miracle.aspx
The Falls are continually moving, about an inch a year. In about 5000 years they’ll be gone. I’m glad we were alive to see them! I hope you find joy in our adventure as we did. It was an amazing day today. I hope you had an amazing day too!
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